„Alice“ ist eine US-amerikanische Sitcom, die vom 31. August 1976 bis zum 19. März 1985 auf CBS ausgestrahlt wurde. Die Serie basiert auf dem Film „Alice lebt hier nicht mehr“ aus dem Jahr 1974. Die Hauptrolle spielt Linda Lavin, eine Witwe, die mit ihrem kleinen Sohn umzieht, um ein neues Leben zu beginnen, und eine Stelle in einem Straßenrestaurant am Stadtrand von Phoenix, Arizona, findet. Die meisten Episoden drehen sich um Ereignisse in Mel’s Diner.
Autor: Tom Whedon
Sendedatum: 1979-09-23
Laufzeit: 30 min
Übersicht: Telly Savalas gives star-struck Vera a thrill when he stops by the diner while she's working there alone. When no one believes her story, she quits in a huff.
Autor: Tom Whedon
Sendedatum: 1979-09-30
Laufzeit: 30 min
Übersicht: Alice's sour reaction to Tommy's matchmaking efforts threatens Mel's new promotional gimmick which is free meals to customers if his waitresses don't smile.
Sendedatum: 1979-10-07
Laufzeit: 30 min
Übersicht: Mel gives a big engagement ring to his girlfriend Marie, but the sparkle quickly fades when he insists that she sign a premarital agreement.
Sendedatum: 1979-10-21
Laufzeit: 30 min
Übersicht: Just one dance lesson and Tommy falls head over heels for his instructor, Vera.
Sendedatum: 1979-10-28
Laufzeit: 30 min
Übersicht: Mel is convinced that his chief competitor is romancing Flo just to get the recipe for Mel's Texas-style chili, rated by a food critic as being ""the best in the West.""
Autor: Tom Whedon
Sendedatum: 1979-11-04
Laufzeit: 30 min
Übersicht: Vera's boyfriend objects to her sketching nude males in art class.
Sendedatum: 1979-11-11
Laufzeit: 30 min
Übersicht: The return of Mel's domineering mother does nothing for his ego because after his back goes out, the customers flock in, for his mother's cooking.
Autor: Tom Whedon
Sendedatum: 1979-11-18
Laufzeit: 30 min
Übersicht: Things get hotter than Mel's chili when Dinah Shore invites Mel to prepare his recipe on her show and bring along one, but only one waitress.
Autor: Dan Wilcox
Sendedatum: 1979-12-02
Laufzeit: 30 min
Übersicht: Mel, his girlfriend and the waitresses spend the weekend packed like sardines in a fishing cabin.
Autor: Tom Whedon
Sendedatum: 1979-12-09
Laufzeit: 30 min
Übersicht: Vera asks Art Carney, a sixth cousin on her father's side, to endorse Mel's chili, so it can be marketed frozen as Chili con Carney.
Sendedatum: 1979-12-23
Laufzeit: 30 min
Übersicht: A yule tale (with a touch of O. Henry's ""The Gift of the Magi"") finds the girls pooling their meager resources to celebrate Christmas at the diner.
Autor: Linda Morris
Sendedatum: 1980-01-06
Laufzeit: 30 min
Übersicht: Flo takes the wheel herself when she learns that her trucker beau has a female partner.
Sendedatum: 1980-01-13
Laufzeit: 30 min
Übersicht: Tommy stirs up trouble by candidly discussing his elders on a TV talk show.
Autor: Katherine Green
Sendedatum: 1980-01-27
Laufzeit: 30 min
Übersicht: Mel installs a time clock which prompts the waitresses to demand overtime for the Sunday cleanup they used to do for nothing.
Sendedatum: 1980-02-03
Laufzeit: 30 min
Übersicht: Mel is delighted that his mother is planning to remarry until he meets his prospective stepfather.
Autor: Tom Whedon
Sendedatum: 1980-02-10
Laufzeit: 30 min
Übersicht: Tommy has his heart set on taking his girl to a formal Valentine's dance and he needs a tuxedo.
Sendedatum: 1980-02-17
Laufzeit: 30 min
Übersicht: Mel plays host to a buddy whose wife has just left him.
Sendedatum: 1980-02-24
Laufzeit: 30 min
Übersicht: A wealthy Houston restaurateur offers Flo a job she finds hard to refuse.
Autor: Linda Morris
Sendedatum: 1980-03-02
Laufzeit: 30 min
Übersicht: Mel hires Belle, a Mississippi belle who rings Mel's chimes as ""one of the best waitresses I've ever had."" However, Belle is now aiming for lusher pastures as a country-music writer.
Sendedatum: 1980-03-09
Laufzeit: 30 min
Übersicht: The new waitress Belle is making big points with her old boss Mel, but she's scoring zero with Alice and Vera.
Autor: Linda Morris
Sendedatum: 1980-03-16
Laufzeit: 30 min
Übersicht: Heartbroken over her boy friend's sudden lack of attention, Vera begs Belle to transform her into a sex goddess.
Sendedatum: 1980-03-23
Laufzeit: 30 min
Übersicht: Mel signs a profit-sharing agreement with the girls just before learning he'll get a tidy sum for letting the city condemn his property.
Autor: Linda Morris
Sendedatum: 1980-03-30
Laufzeit: 30 min
Übersicht: Mel is receptive to an infatuated tour guide, as long as she keeps steering tourists into his diner.
Sendedatum: 1980-04-06
Laufzeit: 30 min
Übersicht: Alice allows Tommy to stay with Mel, prompting a wager between Alice and Mel, she bets that he will kick Tommy out and Mel bets that Alice will snoop on her son.
